"After them!" An unrecognizable voice yelled.
"Squads 2, 5, and 6 check the area! Squads 3, 4, 10 and 13 check through the air! GO, GO, GO!" Another yelled.
"Hurry up guys! They're gaining on us!" William yelled as we ran past some trees. I breathed hard as I ran, my lungs started burning and my cheeks started turning a shade of red. I later realized that William and Odd were slowing down.
"Why are we going so slow Odd?!" Aelita asked as she panted. The rest of us slowly stopped to catch our breath.
"Alright here's the thing..." William started as he turned to Odd, they both nodded and William continued."Starting now we're going to split up, Odd and I will try to stop them to give you time. Yumi go with Ulrich and-"
"Jeremy go with Aelita." Odd finished. The rest of us nodded in agreement and William started running the opposite direction. But before Odd followed, he quickly walked over to Aelita and kissed her. "I know you don't want me to go, but I need to. Jeremy will take care of you alright?" Odd asked her for her approval when they pulled away.
Aelita slowly nodded. "Just don't do anything reckless." Odd slowly smiled and started running the other direction, as he tried to catch up with William.
"Alright guys let's go." Ulrich said, and with that we ran toward the manhole which led toward the factory. Ulrich opened the manhole and let Aelita and us go first, then Jeremy, then him. As I climbed down the stairs I wondered, how could they have known about Aelita, Us, and the Super Computer? But then suddenly another thought quickly struck my mind.
How would my parents react if they knew about Lyoko?
C-C-C-C-
As the elevator went down we saw the super computer. It sorta looked the same except for the fact that it was a bit dusty.
"It's been a while since we've been here." Jeremy said. The rest of us nodded in agreement. Then we were silent. Not knowing what else to do I tried to start a conversation.
"Alright guys we can't stay here forever, we need to stay somewhere else." I said as they listened.
"True but where can we go? The police are looking for us, and we can't afford to be caught." Aelita said reasonably.
"True Aelita, but Yumi's right, we can't stay her forever." Jeremy agreed with me. We then became silent again, all of us lost in thought. We waited what felt like 7 hours before Ulrich spoke up. "Anybody hungry? Cause I know a place not far from here that serves Chinese Food."
"But we can't. What if we get-" Aeilta started, before Ulrich interrupted her.
"I know Aelita, but all of you tell me the truth are you hungry?" Ulrich asked though it didn't sound like a question, it sounded like he was going to make eat something even if we didn't want to. All of nodded and Ulrich slightly smiled. "Alright then I'll go get food. The rest of you stay he-"
"No, I want to go to." I protested, I didn't realize what I was saying until Ulrich disagreed.
"It's too dangerous Yumi. Besides we haven't seen Odd or William." Ulrich minded us. When Aelita heard Odd's name she instantly looked up at Ulrich. Her eyes showed worry, and without a doubt, her mind was on Odd.
"I miss him. I hope he's okay." She silently said, but it didn't go unnoticed by anyone. Jeremy looked at her and slightly smiled. "It's okay Aelita, Odd...will be okay. I promise." Jeremy said reassuringly. With that, Aelita smiled.
"Alright then. We're going to split up again. Jeremy take care of Aelita and Yu-"
"I said I'm going and that's final!" I quickly protested again. Our eyes met, my gaze of determination and his of slight worry. Finally Ulrich took a deep breath and smiled at me.
"Alright. You win Yumi. Now let's go grab some food." Ulrich said as he and I started walking toward the elevator. We both stepped inside it and Ulrich pressed the button. But before the elevator doors sealed he quickly said to Jeremy: "Take care of Aelita, Einstein." Jeremy nodded and the doors sealed shut, as we felt ourselves going up the elevator toward the entrance of the factory.
D-D-D-D-
As we walked down the streets, I noticed a T.V. store that had actual T.V.'s behind the glass like the old days. But when I heard a woman from the news speaking Ulrich and I both stopped and watched the T.V. as the news lady spoke.
"There will be cold weather this week, and sometime today it will start to snow. Tonight looks like the perfect night to have your chimney on and have some delicious hot cocoa, looks like I'll do that tonight with my family. No back to you Stephen."
"Thank You, Mariss. Now then, Breaking news, six kids at a school named Kadic Academy, are being searched for by police and F.B.I. It has not been confirmed why, but police say that they have done a criminal act, but we do not know the details. Police also say that they have captured two kids out of the six. One of them is named, William Dunbar..." Stephen said, as they showed a picture of the police holding William as his hands are behind his back. He must have been handcuffed hard because there was a painful expression on his face.
There was a a big cut on his arm, the size of about 2 pens, the cut was a bit dark -which I guess ment that the cut stopped bleeding...- and his cheek was swollen. There was some bruises on his forehead and left arm, but everything else seemed okay.
"...and the others name is, Odd Della Robia. They are now being held by police and..."
But then there was Odd. Ulrich gaped and I gasped when I saw his picture. If William had been pretty beat up, Odd was worse...much worse.
He had a pretty large cut on his cheek about the size of half my hand. His eyes were closed and swollen, and I bet he was unconscious because 2 police men were carrying him into the same police car as Odd. He had a lot of cuts and bruises on his neck, and a bit of his shirt was ripped off, like if he just came back from war. Which he probably did.
"...are now being sent to a research facility. We don't know the details but, police say they aren't going to press any charges on their act. Now then, it's time for our Sports news! Ethan?"
"Well looks like the super-bowl is coming up and..."
I stopped listening to anything the Ethan guy was saying. I didn't care about anything except William and Odd. William and Odd were terrible looking. Especially Odd.
That's when Aelita's words struck in my mind. Hard.
"I miss him. I hope he's okay."
What would Aelita think if she knew about Odd's...condition?
I could see that Ulrich was thinking the same thing because his expression said all. His best friend looked close to dying. And there was nothing he could do about it. For a while he didn't look at anything but his shoes.
"Look...Ulrich. Let's go." I said silently, but pretty loud enough so that he could hear me.
He just nodded, but didn't stop looking at his shoes. We kept on walking,no saying anything else on the way there.
E-E-E-E-
"Hi there, how can I help you?" A blonde lady, who looked about 27, asked us as she smiled. I looked at Ulrich as if saying: Really? You took us to Burger King?
"Um...I would like a 6 double whoppers, 4 fries, and 4 large drinks please." Ulrich answered. "Do you want anything else Yumi?"
"No, I'm okay."
"Will that be all sir?" The woman asked, as she smiled wider. Which made me a bit suspicious...
"Yes." Ulrich answered as he took out his brown wallet from his pants pocket, and pulled out a twenty-dollar bill.
"Alright then...that'll be...seventeen-dollars and twenty-five cents."
Ulrich nodded and handed out the twenty-dollar bill. The lady pressed a button on the register, which opened with a 'DING', and started looking for change.
I looked out the window and saw an F.B.I van not to far away from us, and my eyes widened. I gently nudged Ulrich's shoulder with my elbow. He looked at me confusingly and I moved my head to the side quickly, trying to tell him to look that way.
When he did his eyes slightly widened and he nodded at me. He turned back to the lady who was just about to give us our order in a bag, when she smiled creepily at us. That's when I noticed the other workers were staring at us too, smirking.
"Enjoy your meal!" She said a bit to merrily, as she handed over the bag. When Ulrich checked the bag, he nodded at me. I nodded, back knowing that Ulrich knew there was nothing dangerous in the bag.
That's when we noticed the van was parked near Burger King. Suddenly a group of men in black came out, all of them holding guns of all sizes, from pistols to grenade launchers. Then there were was a man, who looked about in his forties, with a black mustache, and piercing brown eyes. If looks could kill, Ulrich and I would be dead by now.
He glared at us. "COME OUT NOW, YUMI ISHIYAMA AND ULRICH STERN! IF YOU DO NOT WISH YOUR FRIENDS TO BE HARMED, TURN YOURSELVES IN! OR WE'LL TAKE YOU BY FORCE!" And he looked like he wasn't kidding. Suddenly all the Burger King workers were beside them, including the blonde one. Their faces were expressions of fear, glad, and amused.
Ulrich growled and stepped closer to me. His right arm was in front of me.
"Don't you dare hurt her! If you do..." Suddenly his voice changed, and I somehow felt a dark aura surround him. As I noticed these changes, he suddenly smirked evilly at them. "...then face the consequences!"
The old man's expression didn't falter, and he smirked. "Fine then Stern, you leave me no choice. I'm supposed to keep you guys alive, but...change of plan."
He pointed at us through the glass window, "FIRE!"
Suddenly everything became in slow motion. I heard guns being fired, glass breaking, and screaming. But that's when I realized I was the one screaming. Ulrich grabbed my arm and led me somewhere. That's when I blacked out.
YES FINALLY FINISHED! WHOOHOO! Cliffy time~! Plz review! :)